Uneven Geographies of Digital Wages - Mark Graham | Zero Geography
▻http://www.zerogeography.net/2015/06/uneven-geographies-of-digital-wages.html
The cartogram in this post depicts each country as a circle and sizes each country according to the wages for digital work flowing into each country every month (on the oDesk.com platform). The shading of the inner circle indicates the median wage for digital work in that country. The graphic broadly reveals that median wages are, perhaps unsurprisingly low in developing countries and are significantly higher in wealthier countries.
With my colleagues Isis Hjorth, Vili Lehdonvirta, and Helena Barnard, working on a multi-year project on digital labour and development, we’ll have have some research coming out soon that explores some of the reasons why digital workers in the Global South have less bargaining power than their counterparts in the North, and why workers in the North can often attract a premium for their work.
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